[tenger]

War is hell. Always has been, always will be. I count myself highly fortunate for not having to live through one. At least thus far...

And where I live every summer they have full reenactments of civil war battles (Gettysburg, Antietam, etc). I have never understood the fascination or the thought processes behind it. Most people want to forget "civil" wars.

[Vaquero]

And where I live every summer they have full reenactments of civil war battles (Gettysburg, Antietam, etc). I have never understood the fascination or the thought processes behind it. Most people want to forget “civil” wars.

I knew a few Civil War skirmishers. this is not reenacting per se (no one aims in the direction of anyone else), but guys who dress in the appropriate garb and shoot period weapons either original or reproductions, in a target competition. Most of these guys are more into the traditional weapons than the actual facts behind the war and take any excuse to suit up and shoot. It is fun.

I have done the same thing with Cowboy Action Shooting and have worn my Stetson, vest, boots etc. and strapped on a pair of Single Action firearms and toted my 1873 Winchester and side by side 12 gauge coach gun....Fun

[DeWalt]

Except the fact that it was not a “civil war” to begin with. No one tried to overthrow the federal goverment. That is yankee propaganda.

[Enterprise]

Ireland sat out the war, and Germany and Italy were allies against France. It is a marvel that a lot of the American military was composed of men of Irish, German, or Italian descent. American exceptionalism produced one hell of a fighting generation.